Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a coolant system is provided that includes one or more connectors and a plurality of inserted devices. The one or more connectors are each configured to facilitate flow of coolant fluid of the coolant system, and each include a base and a plurality of ports. The base defines fluid passageways therein. The plurality of ports are coupled to the fluid passageways, and are configured to allow the flow of the coolant fluid therethrough. Each of the ports includes a rotatable head and a plurality of stops. The plurality of inserted devices each have respective mating components, and are each inserted within a respective one of the ports at an angle that is determined based on an engagement of the respective mating components with one or more of the plurality of stops of the rotatable head of the respective port.

Abstract: A machine may include a frame and a lift system. The lift system may include a lift arm attached to the frame. The lift arm may be configured to actuate between a raised position and a lowered position. The lift system may include a roller attached to the frame. The machine may include a power unit including an energy storage unit and a power unit housing containing the energy storage unit. The power unit housing may include an engagement element configured to engage the power unit housing with the lift arm. The power unit housing may include a cam element, projecting from the power unit housing, configured to slidably engage with the roller during actuation of the lift arm.

Abstract: A battery assembly for an electric vehicle is provided that has a housing, one or more battery units, and a mounting system. The housing includes a concave shell extending from an upper portion of the housing toward a bottom portion of the housing. The concave shell is disposed around an internal space. A cover is coupled with an edge of the concave shell. The one or more battery units are disposed within the internal space of the housing. The mounting system is for connecting the battery assembly to a vehicle frame.

Abstract: A battery maintenance system for a vehicle, including a battery mounted to the vehicle, the battery having a charge level, an electric motor connected to a ground engaging member of the vehicle, a hybrid power source mounted to the vehicle, and configured, at least in part, to provide electric power with the battery to power the electric motor, and a control module mounted to the vehicle, the control module configured to probe the battery when the vehicle is in a sleep state, determine whether the charge level of the battery is above a minimum level, and if not, activate the hybrid power source to deliver electrical power to the battery at least until the charge level of the battery is above the minimum level.

Abstract: A freewheel hub for a bicycle includes a driver and a hub sleeve, which are each supported on a hub axle to be rotatable about a common axis of rotation, a detent body arrangement having at least one detent body, supported in a radial detent body recess to be displaceable between a locking position and a release position, and a preloading device, which is configured to preload the detent body towards the locking position, wherein the detent body recess is provided in a component comprising the driver and the hub sleeve, while the other has a radial driving tooth system or is connected for conjoint rotation to the latter, wherein the surface of the detent body has a coupling surface, which rests against a contact surface of the detent body recess in the locking position, while an engagement portion of the detent body engages in the driving tooth system.

Abstract: A reverse-input blocking clutch includes a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft, a pair of engaging elements, a first bearing mechanism provided between the input shaft and the housing, and a second bearing mechanism provided between the output shaft and the housing. At least one of the input shaft, the output shaft, and the housing has a raceway surface which contacts at least one rolling element of the first bearing mechanism and the second bearing mechanism.

Abstract: A parking lock device includes: an electric motor; and a mechanism including a lock member configured to detachably engage with a parking gear and operate based on output from the electric motor. The mechanism includes a first mechanism part configured to switch a state of the parking gear between a locked state and an unlocked state by moving the lock member based on output from the electric motor, and a second mechanism part configured to switch a state of the parking gear from a locked state to an unlocked state by moving the lock member based on an external input generated manually. When the parking gear is in a locked state, in the first mechanism part, a relation between the second mechanism part and the electric motor is switchable between connection and disconnection with the second mechanism part on the basis of an output from the electric motor.

Abstract: A human-powered vehicle includes a crank axle, a first rotational body, a wheel, a second rotational body, a transmission body that transmits a driving force between the first rotational body and the second rotational body, a derailleur configured to operate the transmission body to change a transmission ratio, and a motor configured to drive the transmission body. A control device has an electronic controller configured to control the motor and drive the transmission body with the motor so as to change a rotational speed of the motor as the acceleration of the human-powered vehicle increases in a case where the derailleur has been actuated to change the transmission ratio and a predetermined condition related to pedaling is satisfied.

Abstract: An actuator is manually released by lifting the handle relative to at least one detent to translate a release shaft along its axis, wherein the lifting step selectively positions an end of the release shaft in a first desired axial position relative to one of a gear train and an output shaft. The handle can be rotated relative to at least one detent to rotate the release shaft about its axis to one of the at least three positions. The handle may be released to translate the release shaft along its axis and position an end of the release shaft in a second desired axial position relative to the one of the gear train and the output shaft. The end of the release shaft is maintained in the desired position in the second desired axial position.

Abstract: A vehicle having: a frame having a lower wall; and a power storage system having: a container, which is arranged under the frame, is fixed to the lower wall of the frame and is provided with a lower wall; a plurality of battery modules, which are housed inside the container; and a plurality of locking pins, which are fixed to the lower wall of the container, perpendicularly project from the lower wall of the container and engage the battery modules. Each locking pin extends up to the lower wall of the frame and has, at the top, a first hole, which is threaded. The lower wall of the frame has a plurality of second holes, each being a through hole and being aligned with a corresponding first hole. A plurality of mounting screws is provided, each inserted through a second hole of the lower wall of the frame and screwed into the first hole of a corresponding locking pin.

Abstract: An electric drive module for an electrified vehicle includes an electric motor, a transmission and a multispeed actuation mechanism (MAM). The transmission is driven by a rotatable output of the electric motor and includes a first drive shaft and a second drive shaft. The transmission has a first gear set that selectively converts rotatable motion of the first drive shaft into rotatable motion of the second drive shaft in a first gear mode at a first drive ratio, and a second gear set that selectively converts rotatable motion of the first drive shaft into rotatable motion of the second drive shaft in a second gear mode at a second drive ratio, distinct from the first drive ratio. The MAM has magnetic fluid therein. Activation of the magnetic fluid causes a shift to occur within the transmission from the first gear set to the second gear set.

Abstract: To provide a cam clutch that has a simple configuration and is capable of preventing a cam posture changing portion from being strongly sandwiched between a cam, an outer ring and an inner ring, and of tilting a cam efficiently without causing deformation of the cam posture changing portion and the cam themselves. A cam clutch includes an operation mode switching mechanism, wherein the operation mode switching mechanism includes a cam posture changing portion. A plurality of cams each includes inner and outer ring abutment curved surfaces provided at positions facing an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring and/or an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring, and a lateral abutment surface. The lateral abutment surface is connected to ends of the inner and outer ring abutment curved surfaces, and is formed inside of the cam relative to a virtual extension curved surface.

Abstract: A battery-mounted vehicle includes a battery pack mounted at a vehicle lower side of a floor pan of a passenger compartment; a vehicle body frame member having a vertical wall that faces a peripheral wall of the battery pack in a vehicle horizontal direction with a gap therebetween; and an expansion chamber configured by at least one of an inner side concave portion that is formed at the peripheral wall of the battery pack or an outer side concave portion formed at the vertical wall of the vehicle body frame member, in a cross-sectional view viewed in the vehicle horizontal direction. The inner side concave portion is recessed toward an inner side, in the vehicle horizontal direction, of the battery pack, and the outer side concave portion is formed so as to be recessed toward an inner side, in the vehicle horizontal direction, of vehicle body frame member.

Abstract: A lubrication control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes a first lubrication circuit that supplies lubricating oil to a starting frictional engagement element to be engaged when a vehicle starts, a second lubrication circuit that supplies the lubricating oil to a lubricated portion other than the starting frictional engagement element, and a controller that performs control to increase a flow rate in the first lubrication circuit while limiting a flow rate in the second lubrication circuit when a temperature of the starting frictional engagement element is equal to or higher than a threshold temperature, and the controller changes the threshold temperature in accordance with the temperature of the lubricating oil.

Abstract: A clutch system includes a clutch in which a clutch disc and a flywheel come into contact with each other, a control valve that supplies hydraulic oil to the clutch, and a supply control part that supplies electricity from a power source to the control valve. The supply control part supplies current at a first current value A1 to the control valve, then sets a current value of the current to a second current value A2 that is smaller than the first current value A1, and after setting the current value to the second current value A2, decreases the current value over time so that the current value reaches a third current value A3 that is smaller than the second current value A2 at a timing when the disengaged clutch is brought into an engaged state.

Abstract: A battery replacement apparatus includes: a battery replacement station where removal of a first battery from the electrically powered vehicle and attachment of a second battery to the electrically powered vehicle are performed; a storage that stores the second battery, and a storage space that is provided at a position separate from the storage and stores the first battery.

Abstract: An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis having a pair of frame rails, a cab coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis rearward of the cab, an electric motor coupled to the chassis between the pair of frame rails, an energy storage system positioned between the cab and the body, and a shield. The energy storage system includes a power cable coupled to the electric motor. The shield is positioned (a) between the pair of frame rails and (b) at least partially along and around a motor housing of the electric motor such that the power cable is disposed between the motor housing and the shield.

Abstract: A corner module apparatus includes a drive unit installed inside a wheel to provide driving power to the wheel, a steering knuckle connected to the drive unit, a stationary shaft to support the steering knuckle so that the steering knuckle is rotatable, an actuator fixed to the steering knuckle to generate a rotational force, and a power transmission member connected to the actuator to rotate the steering knuckle about the stationary shaft in conjunction with the rotational force generated by the actuator.

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a forward-reverse shift device capable of switching a driving force transmission path selectively between forward engagement and reverse engagement. A forward-reverse shift device includes: a switching member by which the driving force transmission path is switched between the forward engagement and the reverse engagement; a pressure actuator that uses pressure energy supplied from a pressure source to move the switching member selectively between the forward engagement and the reverse engagement; a pressure supply switching device that switches a direction for supplying a pressure medium to the pressure actuator; and a controller that controls the pressure supply switching device. The pressure supply switching device switches the direction for supplying the pressure medium to the pressure actuator in accordance with a drive command from the controller.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, it is a clutch arrangement comprising a first rotating means with at least one friction unit and a second rotating means with at least one pressure unit; wherein the friction unit is configured to be moved between an opened position and a closed position, wherein in the closed position, a force is transmitted between the first rotating means and the second rotating means and wherein in the opened position, no force is transmitted between the first rotating means and the second rotating means; at least one shim means arranged at the first rotating means, whereby the shim means are configured to prevent a contact between the friction unit and the pressure unit, when the friction unit is in the opened position; and wherein the clutch arrangement is configured to be a component of a vehicle.